Federal News Network

AUGUST 1, 2024

An Office of Management and Budget spokesperson said the FAR case is on pause to allow further analysis of security considerations, such as roles and responsibilities for the lifecycle management of the data. GSA kicks off OASIS+ awards GSA made the first set of awards under the OASIS+ professional services multiple award contract on Tuesday.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you don’t have these capabilities in-house, you can get support either through AWS Professional Services, such as with the regulated landing zone offering, or with AWS Partners who have specific LZA offerings. Networks – responsible for network design, monitoring, and configuration changes.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On January 25, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo to Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives that encourages procuring agencies to apply the small business rule of two to orders under multiple-award contracts (MACs).

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The executive council is led by Alaina Teplitz, State’s assistant secretary of the Bureau of Administration and chief procurement officer, and Douglas Pitkin, State’s director of the Bureau of Budget and Planning and program management improvement officer. This EBRC is in a pilot phase right now. The BRC is a big one for us.

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Great Government Through Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2023

We rely on encryption to keep information and data transfers safe both in our government work and everyday life – everything from logging into networks and websites to paying with credit cards. The Office of Management Budget then issued M-23-02 advising agencies how to take the threat seriously.

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Bonfire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Rather than trying to secure budget for new tools, André advises working with tools you already have, like your eProcurement system or even Excel. When it comes to the data you’ll collect, our panelists recommend considering: Vendors in your geographical area What category they fall into (construction, professional services, etc.)

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

Bill Introduced to Extend Skills-Based Hiring to Federal Contractors Federal News Network reports that Reps. Under the ACCESS Act, the Office of Management and Budget would be instructed to issue guidance for agencies to implement the bill within 180 days of its enactment. In addition, there is a new Ask the PMO – VA Prosthetics Table.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 26, 2024

Both of those agencies received funding increases over what the president had originally requested in his FY 24 budget request, particularly in the Department of Defense. Larry Allen What happens now is the Office of Management and Budget takes all the appropriated money. technological edge across the board.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 25, 2024

FAS Executive Panels: IT, Professional Services, and Assisted Services and General Supplies and Services On the afternoon of May 8, leadership from GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) will join us to discuss the priorities and initiatives from their respective offices.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 1, 2024

And we did it with our global creative network and our AI platform—quickly, effectively, and at scale.” Leveraging generative AI to provide Studio as a Service The secret to CreatorUp’s ability to meet such high demand is its Studio as a Service experience—a combination of generative AI and human creativity.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

“We are leaps and bounds ahead of where we were, especially since if you think about from the 2016 timeframe when I was here during the Obama administration, with the amount of data that we have across the federal enterprise,” Harada said in an exclusive interview with Federal News Network.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 1, 2024

That, of course, requires an environment that attracts new talent and offers modern training and development opportunities, where the acquisition workforce members actually build communities both inside and across federal agencies through networking and other learning opportunities,” Harada said in an interview with Federal News Network.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 11, 2023

LZA automates the deployment of AWS Accounts and the configuration of appropriate governance and guardrails, such as centralised logging to a central environment; budgets to govern spend, networking, and security services like threat detection and notifications to a central security team account.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Significantly, the ASCEND BPA acquisition strategy includes two other related pools: Pool 2 – Software as a Service (SaaS) and Pool 3 – Cloud Related IT Professional Services. Assemble your team of friends and colleagues and save the date to compete for prizes, network with colleague, and contribute to some worthy causes.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Crown corporations purchase a variety of goods and services, from professional services to technology to general goods. Roundtable participants said under a certain threshold (around $100K for services and $25K for goods) their client departments have full discretion on how to source.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

ASCEND is a competitive, multiple-award, multi-agency BPA that addresses the governmentwide demand for cloud solutions, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud solutions, Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud solutions, and Cloud IT professional services. Register today!

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

OMB Aims to Increase Small Disadvantaged Business Spending in FY24 On October 25, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo informing agencies of Federal goals to award 13 percent of Federal procurement dollars to small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) in fiscal year (FY) 2024.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Carolyn Clancy, the VHA Assistant Under Secretary of Health for Discovery, Education, and Affiliate Networks, joined Lt. Contractors must implement Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) as described by the Office of Management and Budget. She also described DHA and VHA as “teammates” working towards enhancing the health care experience.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 14, 2023

FAS Commissioner Sonny Hashmi Departing GSA at End of Year Federal News Network reports that the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner Sonny Hashmi will be departing the role on December 29. Please join me in thanking Sonny for his service.” National Cybersecurity Strategy.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The advisory states that, “These misconfigurations illustrate (1) a trend of systemic weaknesses in many large organizations, including those with mature cyber postures, and (2) the importance of software manufacturers embracing secure-by-design principles to reduce the burden on network defenders.” As explained in E.O.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For example, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is launching a centralized data management strategy for the sharing of acquisition data across the Federal Government. Contractors must implement Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) as described by the Office of Management and Budget. VSBC-297-P (2023). [8] 8] 13 CFR 125.18(b)(2)(ii)(B)

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For reaction, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Stephanie Kostro, vice president for Policy at the Professional Services Council. We’re speaking with Stephanie Kostro, executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council. Tom Temin Well, there certainly flooding the zone.

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